Shock-loader.



H. HENDERSON.

SHOCK LOADER.,

APPLlcmoN man Dic. 5, 1916.

1,289,169. Patented Dec. 31, 1918 6 SHEETS-SHEET I.

H. HENDERSON.

SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED oms. 191e.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

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H. HENDERSON.

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H. HENI'JIERSLM\1i SHOCK LOADER.

` AWLICATVION FILED DEC. 5. 1916. JL.. 16g@ lutcued Dec. 31, 1918,

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/V/ TNEJSES H. HENDERSON.

sHoc'K LOADER.

APPLICATION FIL) DEC. 5| 1916.

1,289,169, Patented Dec. 31l918.V

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11289, 169.l Patented 11110131, 1918.

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,asnnnnson or Heteren, Minnesoaa.

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Be it known the i, Hanni' Hnnnnnson, a citizen of 'the States, vresidem'; of Halstad, county ci Norman, State ci' Minnesotaa have invented certain new andv useful .improvements in Shock-Loaders, of which the folio lng is a specification. h

The object of my invention is to provide a machine i'or moving over the field and pichingup hodiiy vc@replete shocks of grain and delivering them t@ a suitable receptacle in the rear of the gathering mechanism.

A. further chiect ie te `prmide a loader having a Apiclrfup mechanism so arranged that it will' correspond as nearly as possible to hand work, the shocks being" gently lifted `and elevated with the handles in substantially the saine relative position, thereby avoiding unnecessary jarring or shaking of the handles and the lossof grain.

l A.- further object is to provide a loader having; a pick-up apparatus Aand a receptli resizing mac i ine'1 ./-i tartiner object is to provide a loader of large capacity and one which can bel operated' at a comparatively smallexpense.

Other objects of the invention will appear from following; detailed descripL rilhe inientioa consists generaily in Various constructions 'and combinations, all `hereitraiter described and particularly pointed out in the claims 1 i in the accompany n; drawings forming; part `this specification,

l-igure 1 is planview of a shoclrloader embodying my; invention,

2 is a side elevation of the same,

3 is vertical sectional View on line oi 1, v i

Fig. is a vertical sectional View, taken on a section line running"lengthwise ci the machine and illustrating 'the apparatus ier delivering the bundles to the reccptacie,'

Fig. 5 is 'retail 'view ofthe forward portion oi the shcclr gathering mechanism,

Fig. 6 Lis a detail sectional view on the line ?/4;/ oi' Fig.

Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of the ma chine.

.carrying and @guiding Wheeled having the welt-linens gni :ai ,connection t. with the Specication of Letters Fatent.

y axle for oscillating the Wheels sbeer'the machine. 6 represents rear carrying and traction Wheels supporting a bundle receptacle? having van open top through which the bundles are delivered,a tilting graintight bottom '8 and a hinged rear door 9. This lbundle .receptacle forms'the subjectmatte'r of a companion application and' I makeino claim, therefore, tothe same herein, describing such parts as ma be necessary to a clear understanding o the operation of' the machine. v Y

rlhe rear Wheels have sprockets 10 thereon and driving belts 11 connect these sprockets with sprocket-Wheels 12 having ratchet connections 13 with clutches 14-. These ratchetv hubs by spring 18. Levers 19 are mounted on the framefor operating ythe hubs 17 and' moving them into or out of engagement with the ratchet hubs 13 t0 render the gears 16 active or idle, :is may be desired.

A rod 19 'connects the levers 19 across the machine and a crank 191 is provided under the drivers seat for rocking the arms 1.9 and operating the clutchesthe arrangement being such that the gears 16l Will be simultaneously moved int-o clutching engagement with the driving sprockets .t0 set the aprons of" the operation.

The gears 16 .mesh with shaft 21 and a sprocket 22 on one end of said shaft is connected by a belt 23 With a shaft 24: which has adriving connection 25 lwith the shaft 26 of an apron 27 that is mounted in a frame 28 centrallypivoted'on the shaft 24. This shaft 'hasbearings in bars 28 which project in the rear of the elevating; apron and overhang the bundle receptacle on each side. 'liheapron 27 l1as cross slats thereon for engaging the bun- Patented Dec. 3 1, 1918..

application filed Becembier 5, 1916, vSerial Ii'o. 135,263.

'gears 2 on a OFFICE;

hubs 13, being normally held toward said,

pick-up mechanism in are fastened to the ars 2` 28 which are stationary and their other ends mounted in the frame 25% s-.djacent to its pivot, said spring operating to normally hold the frame and apron in a horizontal position, or substantially soA rl`he Yiunctlon of this apron is to receive the bundles from the elevating apron and distribute them, first into thev rear ot the receptacle beneath and then to the forward portion thereof, as will hereinafter be more tully described.

rthe frame inwhich `the apron operates may he tilted to any desired angle by means of the link 3Q and lever 31 (see Fig. 2), said lever extending toa point adjacent the drivers seat. This distributing apron may be adjusted in a substantially horizontal position when the bundle receptacle is empty to receive the bunoves and direct rhein into the rearportion of the receptacle, and as he. 'said receptacle fills, the apron may he iiilted, indicated in Fig. 7, to allow room for the accumulation of bundles beneath it. and when desired, it may he tilted to such van'angle that the bundles Falling thereon will vtopple by gravity into the forward portion ot' lthe receptacle beneath the discharge end ot the elevating apron. "an elevating apron trarne is journaled to rock on the shaft 1^ and has bearings at its upper end for a shat't 34 that is driven through a belt 35 from the shaft 21. An elevating apron 3G is mounted in the trame 33 and hastheusual cross hars 37 and pins 38. This traine 33 also has hearings for the Shaft 2l. Suitable guards 3) are provided upon each side ot the elevating apron. These guards extend along each side ot' the elevating apron and its frame and in 4the rear of the point of delivery ot the 'l'strihuting apron, and and with these bars andthe distributing apron forni a counter-balance for the weight ot the ele- 'atingr apron and its frame on the opposite side of its lshaft 14. The result is that the lower end of the elevating apron will tilt easily and ride over any obstruction or inequality in the ground; and not only this, but when the piclmip apron reaches ashock it will tilt slightly upon contacting with the bundles and gradually work forward under the shock and litt it without jarring or shaking the bundles. A roller 40 is provided at the lower end of the aipron frame around which' `the-apron passes, and the lower endel ot the guard rails are provided with. slices 40 to contact with and slide on the ground. have found in the actual 0peration of a machine of this type in the field that' this elevatingapron may be so nicely balanced that the picking up of a shock may be accomplished with perfect ease and with the bundles retained in substantially the same relative position that they occupied ywhile the shock was standing on the ground,

A shaft el is mounted in the forward pon tion ot' the frame and is provided with arins 42 connected by chains t3 with the lower portion of the apron frame A crank 44 has a worin gear connection with the shaft 41 for rocking the arms 42 and raisingr or lowering the elevator frame 33 on its axis to vary the distance et the pick-up elevator from the ground line. A wheelI 45. mounted-on the 1traine and has a connection 4G with the door S) and a Vtlenil'ile connection 47 with the floor of the receptacle, sothat when the wheel is raised the floor may he allowed to tilt and the door 5) to swing haci wardly and allow the discharge o't the load in the receptacle. A locking' device 4S is mounted on the 'frame in position to swing into the path ot the spokes ot' the wheei 45 for holding' it against. premature movement. This device is within convenient reach ot' the drivers seat so that the operator of the machine can at any time desired discharge the contents of the receptacle. This wheel is preferably mounted on a shaft 49 (see Fig. 3) on which the iexihle portion of the connec-tions running to the door and the Hoor of the bundle receptacle are wound.

Journaled upon the shaft 14 are upright hars .30 having bearings at their upper end for a shaft 51 on which a trane is mounted. Sprockets .33 are journaled on said Shaft and a comparatively large reel 54 is mounted in bearings in the lower end of the frame 52 and on the sprockets 53 and the reel 5d chains 5t carrying an apron 55 are mounted and have slats 56 in position to contact with 'the top of the shock as it is picked up hy the elevating apron. The upper apron with its frame has a forward and upward oscillatingI inoveinent with the hars 50, and the position ot the apron is changed by means ot a cable 5U having' a running connection at 57 with the traine and connected to an operatingn lever 58, also within convenient reach ot' the driver. lVhen the pick-up apron approaches a shock it will lift the 'lnn1 lleshodily, as indicated in Fig. ,5, the lower apron working in under the shock and the upper apron hearing' on. and work ing over the tops ot' the bundles with sutiieient pressure thereon to prevent thein from toppling over.

The upper or floating: apron carried by the oscillating hars 5() and the cable 5G free to oscillzite toward and from the lower apron and when its lower end contacts with the upper portion oi a shock it is niovcd iorward and upward with a cree )ing or reachingl I novcznent and so attains its grasping position on the upper portion ot the shock, the apron sections lying loose between the slats ot the rail and yielding under the pressure ot the hundles, so that the shock held at the top and bottoni ot the aprons will he gathered up bodily7 theinechanisni opernel.

lower traine to overreach and rest lightly upon the top oi" the shock.

Al'. A .shock loader comprising a wheeled carrying;l traine7 a lower. apron frame prvoted 'thereon and projecting forwardly and downwardly, a piek-up apron mounted in Said lower lramex' and operating near the ground line. said apron iframe havingY a forward and upward movement on its pivots and a rotary movement on a longitudinal axis with said rarrying trame to adapt. said Vpick-tui apron to inequalitics of the ground and for working under the shock bundles, and an upper apron frame pivotally supported above said lower apron frame, and an apron mounted in saidiuzpcr apron frame Ytor marching forwardly therewith over the topel ol! the. bundles.

rlhe Combination., with a frame having rear carrying wheels, a forward axle and steering wheels. said aule having standards thereon and a cabler attached to said frame yand havingrunning connections with said Standards across the marhine, of a forwardly and downwardly inclined elevating traine pivoted in said carrying frame for rocking therewith oil it longitudinal axis and Ator forward and upwardmovement on its pivotel in said Carrying frame, a pick-up apron for said elevating trame and an upper'` apron traine and apron cooperating with said lower 'trame and apron and mounted to ovenrcach and grasp the top of the shoclr.

(3. A shook. loader comprising a frame having carrying wheels, a bundle receptacle mounted thereon, an elevating apron frame pivoted on Said machine and projecting 'torvvardly and downwardly, a pick-up apron mounted in Said elevating frame and operating; near the ground line, a distributing apron frame forming a continuation ot' said elevatingr traino in the rear ot' the pivots thereof, an apron carried by said elevating' apron traine and overhanging said bundle receptacle and forming with said distributing traine a counter-balance jfor Said elevating frame and permitting it to tiltand ride easily over obstructions, and an upper apron frame and apron mounted to over-reach the top of the shock and cooperate with Said ele- *ating apron.

7. A shock loader comprising a 'frame having` carrying wheelsi a bundle receptacle, an elevating apron frame pivotally supported and overhanging said receptacle, a distributing frame and apron centrally pivotc'd in said elevating trame above said receptacle, and menne for normally holding it in a substantially horizontal position but pt 'nutzt-,ing it 'to tilt forwardly or backwauuv under the weight of the bundlesfi. an elevating apron mounted iirsaid elevating frame and operating .near the ground line and positioned to deliver the bundles to Said distributing apron. and au upper apron said elevating frame and operating near the ground line, an upper apron freine pivoted for forward 'and upward movement over said elevating apron, an apron mounted in Said upper trame and a reel carried by the lower forward portion of said upper trarne and encircled by said apron for reaching forwardly over the top of the Shocks andv resting thereon.

9. A shock loader comprising a frame having carrying' wheels, a lower apron frame pivoted therein and forwardly and downwardly inclined, a pick-up apron mounted in said apron frame, au upper apron frame supported above said lower apron frame, 'an apron mounted in said up-l per frame 't'or engaging the top of the shock when the lower portion thereof is engaged by said pick-up apron, said upper apron farne being mounted to swingl forwardly and upwardly under pressure of the bundles moving between said aprons.

lO. The combination, with a wheel carry ing frame of a forwardly and downwardly inclined elevator frame pivotedtherein and ay piclmip apron operating in said elevator frame near. the ground line, of an upper frame, an apron mounted in said upper frame, aA roel carried by the lower portion ot said upper traine and around which said apron. passes, the sections of the apron tween the slats of said reel lying loosely thereon and said upper frame being mounted to yield uponcontact of its apron with the bundles and reach upwardly and forwardly thereover. y

1l. The combination, withai forwardly and downwardly inclined elevator frame. and a pick-up apron operatin thereinnear the ground line, of an upper rame7 pivoted bars whereon said upper frame is pivotallv supported and free to swing' lengthwide therewith, an apron mounted in Said upper frame,` said pick-up apron working in under the shock and theapron of said upper fra reaching forwardly and upwardly over tn i shock to rest upon the tops yof the bundles.

l2. In a shock loa-der, the wheeled car-rw' ing frame, a, forwardly and downwardly l clined lowerpelevating frame, pivoted said car ving trarne, a pick-up apron ating therein near the ground line and mounted to Work in under the bundles of a shock, an upper frame and apron positioned above and adjacent to said elevating frame and said upper apron frame and apron be ing mounted to yield upon Contact of the apron with a shook and climb upwardly oper-y lao.

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a pick-up apr lng 1n under the bundles of a shock to elehaving carrying wheels, an elevating frame naaien and forwardly over the bundles, the shock being picked up between the aprons oi said frames with they bundlesin substantially the same relative .position as when on the ground.

13. A shockloader comprising a frame having carryingl wheels, a shock' receptacle mounted in the rear portion of sai'd frame and having a grain-tight door, an elevating frame, forwardly and downwardly inclined from said receptacle, japick-up apron mounted in said elevating frame and operating near the ground line and having cross slats thereon andover-hanging said shock receptacle to deliver the loose grain shaken out of the bundles to said shock receptacle, and means coperating with said pick-up apron for holding the shocks thereon during the elevation operation.

14e. A shock loader comprising a frame having carryingv wheels, a forwardly and downwardly inclined elevating frame and operating therein'for worin.

vate the"` same, an upper suspended apron l frame mounted to vswing forwardly and upf wardly, an apron mounted in said upper frame and having a part for bearing lightly on the tops oi the bundles and holding the shocic in an upright position on said elevatn ing apron. y y

15. A shock loader comprising a frame having carrying wheels, a shock receptacle mounted therein, a lower apron frame pivotally supported in said carrying iframe and forwardly and downwardly inclined therein and having a part in the rear. of itspivot overhanging f said shock receptacle 'and forming a countenbalance for that portion of said frame in front of its pivot, a pickup apron" mounted in said elevating frame and operating near the. ground line, and means above said pick-up apron and co operating therewith for directing the shocks 45.`

to elevating apron.

16. A shock loader' comprising a. frame haying carrying wheels, a shock receptacle "mounted therein, a lower elevator, frame pivotally supported in said wheeled iframe and having a part in the rear of its pivots overhanging said shock receptacle, a. distributing means for the shocks mounted in lsaid overhanging part, an elevating apron mountedI in the forward portion of said elevating frame and forwardly and downwardly inclined therein, and means .for holding the shocks upon said elevating apron.

17n A shock loader comprising a frame having carrying wheels, a shock receptacle mounted'therein, an elevating frame pin ,oted in said carrying frame and having a part overhanging said shock receptacle, a distributing Vapron mounted un said overn harming part and tiltingI on' a ancing said apron frame to cause said frame axis to direct the bundles baclrwardly o1' forwardly in said receptacle, the forward portion of said elevating frame being fon wardly and downwardly inclined, an elevating apron mounted therein for deliverin the shocks to said distributing apron, an

means 'for holding the shocks on said ele the shocks, and means for holding the shocks on said apron.

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19, il slioelr loader comprising a frame forwardly and downwardly inclinedthcrein, an elevating apron mounted in said elevating frame for engaging the lower portions oi the shocks, and a floating apron supported above said elevating apron and free to swing forwardly and upwardly and having/means for overureaehing the' tops of the shocks and holding; the bundles in an upright position when they are engaged by said elevating apron.

20. rPhe combination, with a' wheeled carrying frame, oa forwardly and down wardlyinclined apron frana; pivoted the-reon,4a pick-up apron operating in said frame to work in under the shock nf ,m'ain and pick up the bundles, and means i'or counterbalto contact lightly with the shock; and forwardly and upwardly.

21. in a shock loadeigi an upper apron frame pivotally supported for i'orward and upward oscillating movement and an apron mounted Vin said frame for over-reaching the l:ops of the bundles and resting lightly thereon, and means engaging the lower portions oi the bundles and between which and said apron the shocks are held and elevated.

The combination, with. a wheeled carrying frame, of a forwardly and downwardly inclined gathering frame pivoted thereon, a 'pick-up device operating in said gathering frame to work in under the shock or, grain and pick up the bundles., and means for counter-belanden" said gathering iframe to cause it to contact light* "li 'the shock tilt er ggailieringz forward and and means lil] iis

mi gli tops of the bundles and resting lightly thereon, and means engagingh the lower portions of the bundles and between which and said upper trarne the shocksl are held andelevated.

ln a shock loader, a forwardly and downwardly inclined traine pivoted therein, a pick-up device operatingf to work in under the shock ot' grain and pick up the bundles, mams for counter-balancing Said frame to :anse said pick-up ,device to contact lightly with` the shocll: and said tf aine to tilt torwardly and upwardly, and a floating means supported above said traine for over-reimbing the tops ot the bundles and restingr lightly thereon and between which tioatinp inf-ans and said pieleup device the shocks are held and elevated.

A shock loader coinpisina a trame having carrying' ndi-eels, a pivoted elevating traine ilforwardl)Y and downwardly inclined therein, an elevating apron mounted in said elevating traine lor enf-gaggingr the lower portions nt, the shocks, hars having pivots ou 23 said wheeled traine coin-entrie with the pivotsy ot said elevating traine, a' upper apron frame having its upper portion pivoted on said bars` tl t "ihle means supporting the lower pin'tion ot said upper apron trarne 3.0 tor *forward and upward adjustn'ient thereon, and an apron carried by said upper apron traine and having means 'for ever-reaching the tops ot' the shocks and holding the bundles in an upright position when they are engaged by said elevating apron.

In a shock loader, a bundle receptacle, means for gathering; and delivering the bundles to said receptacie, a distributing device having horizontal pivots above said re- 40 eeptacle t'or tilting' forwardly or haeltwardly therein, a spring' for normally7 holding,r said distributing device in a substantiall)T horizontal position, and means connected with said distributing device for tilting it on its pivots to deliver the bundles to either end et' said receptacle.

27. 1n a. shock loader, a bundle 1 receptacle, means for delivering bundles thereto, a trame having horizontal pivots above said receptacle, a bundle feeding apron operating in Said frame, the upper run of Said apron moving tovvard the rear of said receptacle to normally deliver the bundles therein, and meansI for tilting said frame and raising the rear portion thereof until the bundles roll h v Igravity from said apron into the forward portion ot' said receptacle.

2S. In a shock loader, a bundle receptacle, means for delivering bundles thereto, a trarne having horizontal pivots above said receptacle, a bundle feeding' apron mounted in said trarne, the upper run of said apron moving toward the rear ot'said receptacle', springs 'for normallyv holding said frame and apron in a slil.-sta11tially horizontal position -and means connected with said frame and extending forwardly therefrom for tilting it against the tension of said springs until the bundles deposited on said apron are discharged by gravity into the forward portion ot said receptacle.

29. A shock loader comprising a frame having carrying wheels, a shock receptacle mounted therein, a gathering and elevating means mounted in said frame, a distributing frame and apron foriniiuA a counterbalance toi-.said gatherin'r and elevating means and overhanging said shock receptacle, said distributingtrarne being; mounted to tilt and direct the bundles into the rear or forward portion ot' said receptacle, and means for tilt-ingrA said distributing t'ralne.

ln witness whereof, I have hereunto set in v hand this 28th day ot' November i916,

HENRY HENDERSON. 

